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Friday, 2 October 2009

Wedding of the Year

Calling this wedding of the year, simply because we've practically waited for two years after the first person, David was (fortunately, or unfortunately) taken.

I guess Corina Chee needs no introduction to many of you, so instead of telling all the long fairy tales about how she and her husband met and the kind of journey they went through before making that decision, you can watch the video at the end of this post. It was played during the wedding dinner on 21 September 2009.

So what did we do to make this the Wedding of the Year...

A pre-wedding microblogging on Twitter with a hashtag #Nobsis, which highlights one of Corina's childhood photo:#Nobsis Media guys, wanna take a stab at who's this?http://twitpic.com/eksacThe post generated a trail of interesting conversation, with some media asking if Nobsis is a new technology...

Hen's night at The Library. Corina (reluctantly) did some assignments, including offering men a belly-dance and pinching a (sissy) boy's ass. Also, we had 2 x Flaming Lamborghini courtesy of Vicky H. Most memorable quotes:"Why are you staring at my b**bs?," asked Corina Chee."Yeah, because I pray to Jesus Christ and you pray to xxxxxxxxxx...," said Corina Chee. (xxx being a sensitive remark)

Attended Corina's church wedding in the morning at St. Peter Anglican church.

Afternoon drinks at Sid's... started at about 2.00pm. Had lots of pork blankets and white wine. Booze!!!

Wedding dinner at a Chinese restaurant in JayaOne, PJ... more booze!!! Some of the colleagues helped out at the registration table. I was busy doing her video.

Post-wedding drinks at Sumo Sri Hartamas. Ended at about 2am, if I remember correctly.

So there you go. Btw, Nobsis stands for Nobita's sister. In case you wonder, Nobita is the lazy boy in Japanese cartoon Doraemon. And for the finale... listen to the voice recording embedded here: Nobsis - AUDIO

Monday, 24 August 2009

Are we ready to Excite?

The Excite launch (or the launch of the new Text 100 Brand Identity Guidelines) started with cranberry vodka cocktails for all and then it was down to business with everyone paying rapt attention to the videos and our new BIG and the fab super portal. The EXCITE video got lot's of people excited and we all loved the spaceman and the little aliens. Messages came across loud and clear!

FY09 was kind to Text 100 Malaysia and it was top of everyone's mind on how we will fare in FY10. With Excite we now have a focal point and a driving force - Are we ready to Excite? (the animated video with spacemen and aliens playing at the back of our minds...) Our clients, our bosses, the media, our industry, our peers and of course ourselves? And you know what, I think we are ready... we have great people, the passion and the drive to make Text 100 continue to excite and impress!

If you want to watch our video for a chuckle or view it again to relive the memories, click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_PHiYRBf4E A BIG thank you to Lee for his fabulous video editing skills 'muah muah'!

What did we do for drinks the rest of the evening? We had the classic Mojito, Vodka Green Tea with a twist and lots of other impromptu concoctions. But the one that got us coming back for a second sip was the Valkyrie!

Tthe award for Yummiest cocktail of the night went to Vicky with her Valkyrie. A wonderful little cocktail from our resident mama hen. How to make the Valkyrie according to Vicky:Ingredients: 2 shots of Vodka, 1 shot of Lemon juice, 1 shot of Vanilla sugar syrup AND a few shots of Love...

Steps:1. Add all the ingredients in the cocktail shaker2. Add lots of ice, shake with gusto3. Strain into a glass with ice4. Garnish with a lemon slice5. And most importantly, serve with lots of love!

It was a little hard to get people dancing but once the cocktails started flowing, we soon had Texties strutting their moves. “I’m shy lah..” Eevon says but the next minute she showing her moves. “I want to dance, I want to dance...”, and boy can Anoushka dance! And then the infamous pink feather boa came out of the store room.... Inhibitions, what’s that I say? So after much contemplation, the winner of the best dance moves in Malaysia goes to.... Anoushka! Followed very closely by Lee, our lovely Diva :-)

I must say that everyone looked great that night. David in his pink shirt, all the ladies in their finery and killer shoes. Everyone made and effort and the pictures did us all justice :-) Lot's of make-up bags on the table and people primping in the toilets but I must say that Libby stood out (her dress was hot off the rack and still had the tag on it!). In her striking blue cocktail dress, Libby surprised us all when she came out of the ladies in all her finery. Top marks for effort, a beautiful ensembleand the attitude to match!

Friday, 10 July 2009

We're growing!!

Text 100 will soon be three years old. Exciting times ahead!

All 14 of us at Text 100 Malaysia have had our fair share of Text-capades, at one point or the other. We've had to wheel a shared printer on a trolley, deal with leaky air-conditioning pipes and, by no fault of ours, faxed 20 copies of the same media invite to the same media. The men have worn dresses, the women showed they were no damsels in distress.

We laugh, we cry. We fart, we share bathrooms. We work, we play. We celebrate success and pick each other up after a fall. We sing, we rock out, we have unadultered fun. We do everything together, we're a team. Most importantly, we drink, we eat. Oh lorddd do we eat! The ladies have a growing hip, the gents a widening girth.

Ahh...fun times indeed. All of which are testament to the good life at Text 100. And we're looking for number 15 to be a part of us. That's right, we're growing in more ways than one and we invite you to grow with us! Err...not sideways, but in your career. Physical expansion is an option. Be forewarned though...working with us isn't always JUST fun and games. There's plenty of hardwork that goes into the perfect PR consultant marinade, in which we will soak you in overnight and a little bit more.

The hours sometimes long, clients sometimes unreasonable, media sometimes cranky, work sometimes unending. People may call you nuts, you'll develop thick skin. But if you're one who appreciates rewards behind the curtains - like a full-page article in the papers, or the CEO reading every word you've written for his/her speech, or even a simple email to say 'well done, good and faithful consultant' - then you know this is for you.

We're looking for you if you've four to five years working experience in an agency environment. We want to meet you if you're an energetic individual with the curiousity of a 10 cats with nine lives and can manage a 'litter of kittens'. We would love the opportunity to speak to you if the words 'Public Relations Campaign' make your spine tingle with excitement! Oh and if you can deliver a killer riff at Guitar Hero Wii too.

If you're all those and a jar-full more, do as Queen would and call us if you wanna have a good time (at work!).

Don't stop me nowI'm having such a good timeI'm having a ball don't stop me nowIf you wanna have a good timeJust give me a call

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

The Text 100 band in the making?

Unlike Sashi, I sucked to the max at the guitar. BUT...that's not going to stop me from playing it at the office. Great way to work on the hand/eye coordination, folks. Or so we'll attempt to justify to ML. Shh...

The event on Friday was great though David Lian was away getting closer to God. We had Radiance and Sashi as awesome support while Vicky, Eevon, Libby, Anoushka and me were running around. Great teamwork, guys, and though the night was a hazy blur for me I do remember you guys being so on the ball and Vicky proving to be an unruffled example of utter cool. It would have been easy to be panicky but Vicky was so collected throughout despite having to head an event of such a major scale.

What I love about Text is there's never a clash of egos - it's not about one person but about the team. No room for divas. Which suits me just fine.

Reviews of the event itself have been positive and it's satisfying to get that out of the way. Not that it's the end of the work to be done. Oh, we've only just begun as Karen Carpenter once sang. Here's to more great events in future!

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